07 June, 2016

Cold War 2.0: Russia vows response to NATO military drills in Poland

Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has strongly denounced the ongoing
military drills by NATO in Eastern Europe, threatening to take
unspecified measures to respond to increased activity by the Western
military bloc near its borders.

At a joint
news conference with his Finnish counterpart, Timo Soini, in Moscow
on Monday, Lavrov said the Kremlin is worried about the movement of
NATO infrastructure towards Russia’s borders.

This comes
as the US-led military coalition has begun 10-day exercises,
involving some 31,000 troops from Poland, the US, and 17 other NATO
nations. Military preparedness and cooperation between allied
commands and troops are expected to be tested during the drills.

Elsewhere in
his remarks, the Russian foreign minister warned that the Kremlin
will take adequate measures to counter NATO activity in the Baltic
region and its eastward expansion.